Night of the Living Dead is a 1968 independent black-and-white zombie horror film directed by George A. Romero. It was completed on a $114,00 budget and, after decades of cinematic re-releases, it grossed $12 million domestically and $18 million internationally. Night of the Living Dead was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry as a film deemed “Culturally, historically or aesthetically significant”.